Garment-supporter.



PATENTED APR. 18, 1905.

W. F. HEINEI. GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15,1904.

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Inventor UNITED STATES PatentedApril 18, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

' GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 787,668, dated April 18, 1905.

Application filed July 15, 1904. Serial No. 216,738.

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. HEINE,a citizen of the United States, residing at Milton Junction, in the county of Rock and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Garment-Supporter, of which the following is a specification. v

This invention relates to garment-supporters, and while it has been particularly designed for connecting a cuff to a shirt-sleeve it is capable of connecting other characters of garments, particularly those having buttonholes.

It is an important object of the present invention to provide a simple and improved device of this character capable of being conveniently connected at opposite ends with different garments in such a manner as to obviate accidental detachment thereof. while at the same time permitting of the convenient disconnection of the device whenever desired.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement ofparts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the application of the device of thepresent invention to connecta cuff with a shirt-sleeve. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective View of the device detached.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in each figure of the drawings.

As clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, it will be noted that the present device is formed from a single link of wire, which is bent or doubled substantially midway of its length, so as to produce an elongated or elliptical loop 1, with the ends of the wire twisted to form a shank 2, located at one end of the loop and projected at substantially right angles to the plane thereof, the free extremities of the wire being bent outwardly in opposite directions from the shank, as indicated at 3, and disposed longitudinally of the device, so as to form a transverse head or crossbar. At the opposite end of the loop the opposite portions of the wire are curved or converged inwardly, as at 4, so as to produce an outwardly-converged slot 5, which is closed at its outer end by the original bend 6 of the wire, which is bent so as to produce an elliptical enlargement of the slot at its outer end.

One application of the present device has been shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, wherein has been shown a portion of a shirt-sleeve 7 and a detachable cuff 8. The device is first engaged with the rear buttonhole 9 of the out]? by inserting the head or cross-bar 3 through one or both of the rear buttonholes from the inner side of the cuff and then turning the device into longitudinal alinement with the cuff, so as to bring the head or cross-bar transversely across the buttonhole, thereby to prevent accidental disengagement of the head or cross-bar from the buttonholes. After being thus connected to the cuff and the latter slipped upon the arm of the wearer a portion 10 of the shirt-sleeve is passed outwardly through the loop 1 and drawn back into the slot 5, so as to be gripped within the outer end portion thereof between the curved sides 4:, which have sufiicient'elasticity to give slightly underthe pressure of the material of the shirtsleeve, and thereby grip the latter snugly therebetween. By this simple method the device is conveniently connected to the cuff and also readily attached to the sleeve and when thus attached is not liable to become accidentally disconnected, while at the same time intentional disconnection from either the cuff or the sleeve, or both of these members, may be readily accomplished.

Among the advantages possessed by the present device it will beobserved that it can be very readily and inexpensively manufactured, and in view of the light character of the wire employed its presence upon the arm is not appreciated. Moreover, the character of connection with the cuff and the sleeve is such as to avoid damage thereto by repeated applications and removals. By forming the device in a single piece there are no parts liable to become lost or broken, which adds materially to the life of the device.

It is preferred to form the original bend 6 in the nature of a loop rather than a flat bend, for the reason that the loop-shaped bend prevents breaking of the wire at this point under the spreading and drawing together of the sides of the device during repeated applications and removals of the device.

While the drawings illustrate the cross-head 3 as applied from the inner side of the cuff, it is of course apparent that it may be inserted through the buttonholes from the exterior of the culf and also through the buttonholes of the wristband of the shirt-sleeve, wherefore the device is capable of forming a connection for the ends of the wristband as well as for connecting the cuff to the shirt-sleeve.

Having thus described the construction and operation of my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, a garmentdevice to form a head upon the outer end of.

the shank.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aifixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM F. HEINE. Witnesses:

' L. T. RoenRs,

NATHAN J. HULL. 

